Month: May 2017

Ronald Laird Bagley, retired UTSA professor of mechanical engineering, died May 4 at the age of 69. Bagley joined UTSA in 1995 after retiring as Colonel following a 24-year career in the U.S. Air Force. His research focused primarily on the application of fractional calculus to analyze the viscoelasticity of materials and assist with vibration

(May 8, 2017) — Meet Jasmine King. She’s a talented basketball player who has applied her passion for sports to her quest to earn a Ph.D. A San Antonio native, King knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue higher education. “I was always very passionate about learning,” she said. “When I got

Construction on the Science and Engineering Building (SEB) begins June 5 and will impact the following Main Campus parking areas. · Bauerle Road Lot 1 (BR1): a portion of this lot will be inside construction fences until June 2020. · Ximenes Lot and Ford Lot: portions of these lots will be inside construction fences until

Meet Alisa Isaac. She is one of the two UTSA College of Engineering students who received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. According to the NSF, this fellowship program nurtures innovation and leadership in the United States by recruiting and supporting outstanding students with high potential in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

The Women Physics Award from American Physics Society (APS) was awarded to Kiran Bhaganagar, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio Kiran Bhaganagar, an associate professor and Chair of Graduate Student Committee in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has

More than 80 College of Engineering graduating seniors were inducted into the Order of the Engineer in a ring ceremony on Friday, May 12, 2017. According to the Order of the Engineer website, “The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering

A close-up look at UTSA’s wind tunnel, a project that’s now powering even more research STORY HIGHLIGHTS • A class of mechanical engineering students build the wind tunnel, which won in a tech symposium. • Project was initially designed to test how turbulence affects airplane wings. • Professor who oversaw the student build would like

The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering’s Dr. Krystel Castillo has been named the new director in the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI). Castillo, the GreenStar Endowed Assistant Professor in Energy, has been a leader in the college with energy-related research, outreach, and mentorship. “I’m thrilled to be taking the leadership

Ruyan Guo, Robert E. Clark Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $50,000 I-Corps grant from the National Science Foundation to commercialize a chip that can make lower power electronics, like cell phones, work more efficiently. Guo’s team developed the technology, which is

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